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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1132.monumentum on page 1132
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monumentum monument
monumentum is a Latin Noun that primarily means monument.
Definitions for monumentum
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
monument
English derivatives:
monumental monumentalize
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A statue, trophy, building, or sim., erected to commemorate a person or event, a monument.
- 2
(a) A sepulchral monument, tomb. (b) a commemorative public building, temple, or sim.; esp. used as a library; (also, w. uiae, of a public road).
- 3
Anything which serves as a commemoration, a memorial. (b) a token, reminder; an example.
Sentences with monumentum
Latin to English
Hoc monumentum hērēdem nē sequātur.Compare Let this tomb not pass to (my) heir.
Tē rogō ut nāvēs in monumentō meō faciās.Compare I ask you to make some ships on my tomb.
Exegi monumentum aere perennius. (Horace, Odes III.30.1)Compare I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.
Exegi monumentum aere perennius regalique situ pyramidum altius, quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens possit diruere aut innumerabilis annorum series et fuga temporum. Non omnis moriar multaque pars mei vitabit Libitinam.Compare My work is done, the memorial more enduring than brass and loftier than the kingly building of the pyramids-something that neither the corroding rain or wild rage of Aquilo can destroy, nor the numberless succession of years and flight of ages. I shall not die: a large part of me will escape the Funeral-queen.
Impensa monumenti supervacua est; memoria nostra durabit si vita meruimus.Compare A monument is a useless expense; our memory will endure if we have earned it by our life.
Declension table for monumentum
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | monumentum | monumenta |
| Gen. | monumentī | monumentōrum |
| Dat. | monumentō | monumentīs |
| Acc. | monumentum | monumenta |
| Abl. | monumentō | monumentīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 286.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1132.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "monumentum, monumentī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/monumentum-monumenti.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 286.monumentum, monumentī on page 286
